Clothes hanger



Nov. 19, 1957 o. w. ANDERSSON CLOTHES HANGER Filed Marbh '7, 1955 Zz nentor OHAZZZP 017,

United States Pate't CLOTHES HANGER Oscar W. Andersson, Stora Mellby, Sweden Application March 7, 1955, Serial No. 492,352

4 Claims. (Cl. 211-94) The present invention refers to a device, designed to carry a number of clothes hangers, said hangers being arranged on a common frame or the like, the clothes hangers being sildably arranged along said frame. The device according to the invention is mainly characterized in that the frame comprises two diiferent parts, one above the other, which are arranged in such a way, that the hangers are slidable from one part of the frame to the other one, the upper part of the frame serving the purpose of storing hangers, which are not in use.

The device according to the invention will be described in detail in the following with reference to accompanying drawings, which show an embodiment of the invention. Fig. l shows a side view of the device according to the invention and Fig. 2 shows a cross section along the line II-II in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a cross section along III- III in Fig. 1 on a larger scale.

In the drawing, a frame 1, shaped as a tubular rail, is arranged to carry a number of clothes hangers 2, four of which being shown in the drawing. The hangers are slidably arranged along the rail, which makes it possible to move the hangers to or fro a wall 3, supporting the frame.

At the embodiment shown the tubular rail comprises two legs, one leg 4 above the other leg 5, which communicates by means of a part or web portion 6 in such a way that hangers, carried by the lower part 5, may be moved to the upper part 4, which serves the purpose of storing hangers. The frame 1 is designed as a mainly U-shaped, bent tube, which with its shanks is attached to a bracket 7, fixed to the wall 3 in such a way, that the rail extends mainly perpendicular to the wall. As shown in Fig. 1 the upper part of the rail 4 and the lower one 5 are formed by the shanks of the U-shaped tube, the bottom part of the U forming the part 6, which makes it possible for a hanger to be transmitted from one shank to the other one.

As shown in Fig. 3 the lower shank 5 is at its bottom provided with a longitudinal slot 8, which runs along the connection part 6 and the upper part 4. Every clothes hanger has a pin 9 or the like, which runs in the slot 8. Said pin 9 may be rigidly or flexibly connected to the hanger, the upper end part of the pin being provided with a head 10, designed in such a way that the head 10 cannot come out through the slot 8, which suitably is only somewhat broader than the diameter of the pin 9. As shown in Fig. 1 the lower part 5 of the frame is provided with a special recess or opening 11, which is situated at the side of the shank 5 and designed in such a way that it is possible for the head 10 of a pin 9 to enter the tube 5 through said recess (Fig. 3). In the drawing only one recess 11 is shown but it may also be convenient to provide the part 5 and maybe also the parts 4 and 6 with a number of such recesses.

Beside the recess 11 the tube 1 is provided with still another opening 12, which is also designed to make it possible to enter or take out the heads 10 from the frame. Said recess 12 is arranged in the part 6 and is designed as a broader part of the slot 8. The tube 1 may be provided with one or more recesses 11 or exclusively with the last 2 mentionedreces's 12.) It may be worth mentoni'ng. that the recesses 11 may be arranged on either side oti the frame 1. I

As is evident from Fig. l` the Clothes hangers are'pivoted in relation to the frame in a plane parallel herewith. The main reason hereto is to allow the hangers on the upper part 4 of the frame to be laid down, eventually against a plate 14 in such a way that they take up as little room as possible in vertical direction. The pin 9 may be designed to permit the hanger to rotate along the longitudinal axis of the pin. Other embodiments are also possible, as each hanger may be connected to the rail by means 'of a pin or the like, which is designed to prevent the hanger from rotating around the axis of the pin.

A shelf or the like 13 is arranged above the upper part 4 of the rail 1, said shelf serving as a hat stand or the like; the foremost part of the shelf may be bent somewhat downwards to make the shelf cover the upper part and the stored hangers.

Naturally, the constructive design of the invention is not limited only to the embodiment described above but may be varied considerably within the scope of the invention. Thus it is not necessary that the rail has a tubular cross section but it may have any other suitable shape.

Finally may be mentioned that the rail may be designed as a horizontal, oblong ring, the hangers being slidable around said ring, which may be carried by means of a bracket or the like, which in turn is connected to a wall or the like in such a way, that the upper and lower parts run mainly parallel at a certain distance from the wall. Said ring may also be arranged at a suitable angle in relation to the wall. V

The lower part 5 of the frame may run obliquely upwards and outwards from the wall with the purpose that the hangers may be more easily moved in direction to the wall than in the other direction. The parts 4, 5 may be quite free from each other or may be connected to 'each other by means of any other device than the shown embodiment of the part 6.

What I claim is:

1. In an assembly for supporting garment hangers of the type having a garment carrying portion, a hanger rod attached to the carrying portion and a head on the free end of the rod perpendicular to the rod, said assembly comprising a tubular bracket dened by a pair of vertically spaced legs connected at one end by a web portion with the free ends of the legs attached to a supporting member, and means defining a slot extending uninterrupted throughout the bottom of the lower leg, the web member and the top of the upper leg, with the width of the slot being less than the width of the head of the hanger rod whereby the hanger may be supported within the tubular bracket for sliding movement, with the lower leg supporting the hanger in the operative position, the slot allowing the hanger to be moved from the lower leg to the upper leg for storage purposes.

2. A supporting assembly as dened in claim 1 wherein the lower leg is provided With an opening in a wall thereof merging with the slot to permit the hanger rod and head to be inserted into and removed from the leg.

3. A supporting assembly as dened in claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the slot in the web portion is of greater width than the slot in the upper and lower legs to permit the hanger rod and head to be inserted in and removed from the bracket.

4. A supporting assembly as dened in claim 1 wherein said legs are arranged in parallelism and a bracket secu'ed to the free ends of the legs serves to secure the legs to a supporting member.

(References on following page) References cited in the file of this patent 838,828 &13,220 912342 951,470

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